John Eyre (British artist)

John Eyre (1847-1927) was a British artist who decorated and designed British pottery.^[1][2] He also illustrated books and painted genre paintings.^[1] He is known for his paintings of Royal Hospital Chelsea and its veteran residents, as well as for paintings of working people in the pottery industry.^[2] He was a member of the Royal Society of British Artists (c. 1877), the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours (1917) and Honorary Associate of the Royal College of Art (late in life).^[1][2]

Lady with a guitar by John Eyre, from the book Old Ballads.

John Eyre R.B.A., R.I.
Born	(1847-12-01)1 December 1847 St Pancras, London
Died	13 September 1928(1928-09-13) (aged 80) Stoke-on-Trent
Nationality	British
Style	Genre painting

Baptized in 1850 at Stoke-on-Trent, Eyre grew up in an artist's family.^[1][2] His father was a decorative artist in Staffordshire Potteries.^[1][2] Eyre got his education, studying art at South Kensington.^[1][2] Initially, he followed his father into the pottery trade, designing and decorating pottery.^[1][2] He worked for Mintons, and progressed to become an art director at Doulton of Lambeth.^[1][2]

He exhibited artwork at the Royal Academy in 1877, Burlington House, Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, Paris Salon, and the Ipswich Art Society.^[1][2]

Gallery

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  Portrait of Amy Louisa Eyre 1879-1949
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  Three Potters at their wheels
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  Potters with candlesticks on a table
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  Loading the kiln
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  Ely Cathedral, under the lantern
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  Chelsea Pensioners feeding birds
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  The Great Hall for the Royal Hospital at Chelsea
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  The Great Hall for the Royal Hospital at Chelsea
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  Wheatstacks
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  File:The Old Lee Farm JOHN EYRE, R.B.A., R.I.png
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  Faience plaque with Female Figure
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  Faience commemorative plaque for Bernard Palissy
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  Autumn
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  Ceramic design for Mintons or Doulton of Lambeth, c. 1880s-1890s.

Illustrated

In addition to his ceramic artwork and paintings, John Eyre illustrated classic books, including the Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens,^[3] In Memoriam A.H.H. by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson,^[4] The seaside and fireside and Voices of the night by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,^[5][6] the Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton,^[7] Rip Van Winkle and Christmas Eve by Washington Irving.^[8]

He also illustrated Old Ballads, a book of folk music published about 1907,^[9] and Carol Adair by M. B Manwell.^[10]

See also

• John Eyre (painter) Australian painter

References

1. "EYRE, John". suffolkartists.co.uk.
2. "JOHN EYRE, R.B.A., R.I., (BRITISH, 1850-1927) Three Potters at their wheels; and Inside the Potteries". Christies' auction house. The Sunday Sale - Property from the Collection of the Late J.S.Goddard, removed from Camp Hill, Baldwin Estate, Staffordshire
3. Dickens, Charles. Pickwick Papers. Illustrations by John Eyre. London: Collins. OCLC 3323573.
4. Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson. In Memoriam A.H.H. Illustrations by John Eyre. London: E. Nister. OCLC 5519714.
5. Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The seaside and fireside. Illustrations by John Eyre. London: E. Nister. OCLC 19211799.
6. Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Voices of the night. Illustrations by John Eyre. London: E. Nister. OCLC 12638444.
7. Walton, Izaak; Cotton, Charles. The Compleat Angler. Illustrations by John Eyre. London: Collins' Clear-Type Press. OCLC 666967217.
8. Irving, Washington. Rip Van Winkle; and, Christmas Eve. Illustrations by John Eyre. London: E. Nister. OCLC 31210858.
9. Old Ballads. Illustrations by John Eyre. London: E. Nister. 1906.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
10. Manwell, M. B. Carol Adair. Illustrations by John Eyre. London: E. Nister. OCLC 300603325.

External links

• Floral painted vases by John Eyre.
• Floral vases closeup.
• Vases with Classical Greek motif, by John Eyre.
• Greek vases closeup.